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April 23, 2005

A Little Behind

In the last week I've gotten a bit behind on this blog thing. Basically it is because I had 6 tests in the past week and a half! I spent every minute of my day in class or studying for the many many exams that I needed to take. I have managed to do fairly well on several of the tests so I am not too worried about my grade. Of course, by fairly well I mean that I didn't fail like I thought I would so I really don't know what the end result will be.

Level 4 has turned out to be quite a challenge. The biggest problem is that I just don't have the vocabulary that the other students do. I know as much grammer and catch on just as quickly but when it comes to just random vocab I am really behind. Slowly I seem to be catching up but I don't know if I will ever know enough! Watching the other American students struggle as much, if not more, makes me feel a bit better but it is still difficult to enjoy class when it is so hard.

My Democracy class is going well. Last week we had a Fulbright scholar come in and give us a lecture on Islamic Democracy. It was really interesting and they guy was very knowledgeable. One of the neat things about Jordan is that it is really easy to meet with some very important people. The scholar has complete access to all of the members of the Muslim Brotherhood here in Jordan so the research he is doing is pretty accurate. Instead of reading books, he gets to go straight to the source and ask questions about what they actually mean when they give speeches.

International Relations is a different story, however. I probably shouldn't post that I think this class is a waste of time because I think there are some professors who have this link but I'm gonna go ahead and say it anyways. I am learning nothing in this class! We had a midterm last week and the questions were quite rediculous along with the 45 minutes we were given to complete it because he was tired of waiting around for a full hour! At least we finally have a copy of the book so that I can try and get some information out of it.

Anyways, now that midterms are over I can go back to being bored. And worrying about my summer situation. I have had two interviews this last week and have a strong preference but won't know until the end of this week sometime if I got the position or not. Please cross your fingers for me, it isn't fun to worry about this abroad!

Posted by rcollins at April 23, 2005 7:54 AM

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